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Season 1

  • S01E01 Dawn

    • February 1, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Survival expert Cat Bigney and Archaeologist Bill Schindler survive the wild savanna just as primitive people did 2.6 million years ago.

  • S01E02 Fire

    • February 8, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Cat and Bill journey to Uganda to follow in the footsteps of one our earliest ancestors, Homo erectus. This is the species that changed our evolution forever, with their ability to control one of nature's most powerful forces: fire.

  • S01E03 Hunt

    • February 15, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Bill Schindler and Cat Bigney follow in the footsteps of where Homo sapiens first walked the Earth, through the mountains of Ethiopia. This is where humans became the dominant species, by going from hunted to hunter.

  • S01E04 Thirst

    • February 22, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Cat and Bill follow in the footsteps of early Homo sapiens as they make their way through the Arabian Desert. Their mission is to locate dried riverbeds and follow them to the seasonal monsoon area along the coast.

  • S01E05 Adrift

    • March 7, 2016
    • National Geographic

    In an area where food is nonexistent, Bill and Cat must find their way to the coastline by using Mother Nature's resources to create a boat.

  • S01E06 Cave

    • March 14, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Cat and Bill find themselves in an area rich with natural resources and luckily, they quickly stumble upon a cave. With the threat of predators, they will now have to decipher if this cave is going to save them or be their downfall.

  • S01E07 Ice

    • March 21, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Living as Siberian hunters in the ice age, Bill and Cat must take advantage of their natural resources to build tools that ensure their survival.

  • S01E08 Herd

    • March 28, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Bill and Cat are nomadic pastoralists in Mongolia, with animals that need to be moved to the mountains before temperatures reach freezing.

  • S01E09 First Americans

    • April 4, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Bill and Cat follow in the footsteps of the first Americans to cross the Bering Land Bridge 15,000 years ago.

  • S01E10 Pioneer

    • April 11, 2016
    • National Geographic

    Bill and Cat must survive a land of ice and snow. With nighttime looming, they will have to find a way to withstand below-freezing temperatures.